From 2eb257c2a6760ae507d317758b21f94f1f46be31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 9qeklajc <tthefux@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 15:47:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix home nav

---
 routstr/core/main.py | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 routstr/proxy.py     | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/routstr/core/main.py b/routstr/core/main.py
index 535480a2..4c679e44 100644
--- a/routstr/core/main.py
+++ b/routstr/core/main.py
@@ -268,8 +268,21 @@ if UI_DIST_PATH.exists() and UI_DIST_PATH.is_dir():
     )
 
     @app.get("/", include_in_schema=False)
-    async def serve_root_ui() -> FileResponse:
-        return FileResponse(UI_DIST_PATH / "index.html")
+    async def serve_root_ui() -> StarletteResponse:
+        index = UI_DIST_PATH / "index.html"
+        if index.exists():
+            return FileResponse(index)
+        # UI directory exists but the index page is missing — return a basic
+        # status payload so the home page never 404s.
+        from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse as _JSONResponse
+
+        return _JSONResponse(
+            {
+                "name": global_settings.name,
+                "version": __version__,
+                "status": "running",
+            }
+        )
 
     # Serve the App Router RSC payload for the home page.
     @app.get("/index.txt", include_in_schema=False)
diff --git a/routstr/proxy.py b/routstr/proxy.py
index 01bb753b..f416a302 100644
--- a/routstr/proxy.py
+++ b/routstr/proxy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 from typing import Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request
-from fastapi.responses import Response, StreamingResponse
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from sqlmodel import select
 
 from .algorithm import create_model_mappings
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ async def proxy(
     # so that OpenAI-style endpoints work with or without the `v1/` prefix
     # (e.g. `/chat/completions` as well as `/v1/chat/completions`).
     if request.method == "GET" and not path.startswith(_API_PATH_PREFIXES):
+        # An empty path means the root `/` reached the catch-all because no
+        # explicit handler matched (e.g. the UI bundle is missing from the
+        # deploy). Return a small status payload instead of a 404 so that the
+        # home page never appears broken.
+        if not path:
+            from .core.version import __version__
+
+            return JSONResponse(
+                status_code=200,
+                content={
+                    "name": settings.name,
+                    "version": __version__,
+                    "status": "running",
+                },
+            )
         return build_not_found_response(request, path)
 
     headers = dict(request.headers)